Book excerpt: Excerpt from Biographical Sketch of Major-General Richard Montgomery of the Continental Army, Who Fell in the Assault of Quebec, December 31, 1775 On the last day of the year preceding that of our Declaration of Independence, there fell one of the noblest martyrs to liberty major - gener AL richard montgomery - Whose death was mourned by friends and foes, and whose memory, after the lapse of a century, still lives in the grateful hearts of the millions of freemen of this giant Republic, whose foundation was sprinkled with his blood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.